Belt-fastener



7 (No Model.)

W. K. HANGE & R. P. R-EDIQK.

BELT FASTENER Patented Nov. 24, 1891.

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IVILKERSON K. HANOE AND REUBIN F. REDIOK, OF SPENCERVILLE, OHIO.

BELT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,664, dated November24, I891.

Application filed March 5, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILKERSON K. HANCE and REUBIN F. REDIOK, citizensof the United States, residing at Spencerville, in the county of Allenand State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Belt-Fastener, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in belt-fasteners, the objects inView being to provide a cheaply made, easily applied, and securefastener for flexibly connecting the ends of endless belts.

' Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of abelt-fastenerconstructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a reverse plan.Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through one of the fastenersand the belt. Fig. at is a detail of the fastener previous to bending.Fig. 5 is a similar view after bending, but before clinching.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In practicing our invention we stamp or otherwise form from sheet steelor iron the blank, which consists of the plate 1 of substantially oblongshape, provided at one end with a pair of slots 2 and at its oppositeend with a pair of tongues 3, occurring opposite the slots and adaptedin a manner hereinafter specified to interlock with the slots 2. For thepurpose of economy of metal we locate the tongues 3 a distance apartagreeing with the width of the tongues and set them onehalf their Widthwithin the edges of the plate. In this manner the metal between thetongues 3 of one plate will serve as one tongue of an adjacent plate, bywhich means both time and labor of manufacture and stock is saved.

In connecting the belt two or more of these fasteners are employed, andin applying the same to the meeting edges of the belt they aretransversely bent at a slight distance in rear of their centers, so asto fold partially over upon themselves. The tongues 3 are struck up atabout a right angle to the plate Serial No. 383,858. (No model.)

1, and are passed through the belt, in which suitable openings have beenpunched, and also through the slots 2, after which the extremities ofthe tongues are bent over the edge of the plate and clinched in thematerial of the belt. The fasteners are not set up snug against the endof the belt, and thereforepermit of the passage therethrough of thelinks 4: for connecting each pair of fasteners, and hence the ends ofthe belt 5.

From the above description it will be apparent that suitable fastenersmay be cheaply and conveniently stamped from sheet-steel or other metal,and after having been bent by hand or machinery readily applied to theends of a belt and subsequently connected in pairs by the links 4. Abelt the ends of which are thus connected will be found to contain allthe necessary flexibility at its joint as well as strength and.durability. It will be apparent that by unclinching the tongues from thebelt, which may be accomplished by the insertion of a suitableWedgeshaped tool thereunder, said tongues may be readily withdrawn fromthe belt and the slots '2 and the fasteners removed, so that the beltmay be changed from one position to another, slack taken up, &c.

Having described our invention, what we claim isi The combination, witha belt, of the opposite pairs of fasteners and the links connecting thesame, each of said fasteners consisting of the metal plate bent uponitself, provided near one end with the perforations and at its oppositeend with a pair of tongues, said fasteners embracingthe ends of the beltand having their tongues passed through the belt and perforations andclinched over the ends of the plates, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILKERSON K. HANOE.

REUBIN F. REDIOK.

Witnesses:

J. B. FINCH, J. N. BAILEY.

